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quaver


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quaver  \Qua"ver\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Quavered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Quavering}.]  [OE.  quaven  to  shake,  to  tremble;  cf  LG 
  quabbeln  to  shake,  to  be  soft,  of  fat  substances,  quabbe  a 
  fat  lump  of  flesh,  a  dewlap,  D.  kwabbe  and  E.  quiver,  v.] 
  1.  To  tremble;  to  vibrate;  to  shake.  --Sir  I.  Newton. 
 
  2.  Especially,  to  shake  the  voice;  to  utter  or  form  sound 
  with  rapid  or  tremulous  vibrations,  as  in  singing;  also 
  to  trill  on  a  musical  instrument 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quaver  \Qua"ver\,  v.  t. 
  To  utter  with  quavers. 
 
  We  shall  hear  her  quavering  them  .  .  .  to  some 
  sprightly  airs  of  the  opera.  --Addison. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quaver  \Qua"ver\,  n. 
  1.  A  shake,  or  rapid  and  tremulous  vibration,  of  the  voice, 
  or  of  an  instrument  of  music. 
 
  2.  (Mus.)  An  eighth  note.  See  {Eighth}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quaver 
  n  1:  a  tremulous  sound 
  2:  a  musical  note  having  the  time  value  of  an  eighth  of  a  whole 
  note  [syn:  {eighth  note}] 
  v  1:  give  off  unsteady  sounds,  alternating  in  amplitude  or 
  frequency  [syn:  {waver}] 
  2:  sing  with  trills  [syn:  {warble},  {trill}] 




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